KRS 1505

Siglum
KRS 1505
Transliteration
l zbdn bn ys¹lm bn tm ḏ- ʾl ms¹kt w rdf dd -h f h lt rwḥ
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Translation
By Zbdn son of Ys¹lm son of Tm of the lineage of Ms¹kt and he followed his paternal uncle and so O Lt [grant] relief from adversity and uncertainty
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary
w rdf dd -h could also be translated here as "and he rode as a radīf to his paternal uncle" [i.e. pillion on his uncle's camel]. On this practice see Macdonald 2015: 67–68.

Editio Princeps
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Technique
Scratched
Direction of Script
Curving boustrophedon

Associated Inscriptions

  • [KRS] Inscriptions recorded by Geraldine King on the Basalt Desert Rescue Survey in north-eastern Jordan in 1989 and published here
  • Macdonald, M.C.A. Was there a “Bedouinization of Arabia”?. Der Islam 92:1, 2015: 42-84.
Site
Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1989
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0022134
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Updated 16 Sep, 2024 by OCIANA